Igor Osipov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Igor Osipov

Date of Birth: 06-Mar-1973

Place of Birth: Fyodorov District, Kostanay Region, Kazakhstan

Profession: military personnel

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Igor Vladimirovich Osipov (Russian: ????? ???????????? ??????; born 6 March 1973) is an officer of the Russian Navy.
He currently holds the rank of vice-admiral, and is commander in chief of the Black Sea Fleet. Born 1973 in the Kazakh SSR, part of the Soviet Union, Osipov studied at the Higher Naval School of Submarine Navigation, and joined the Pacific Fleet after graduation.
His early service was spent aboard the small anti-submarine Grisha-class corvettes, gradually rising through the ranks to command his own vessel.
Staff appointments in the fleet followed, as well as further study in the navy's higher education establishments, before he took command of the Baltic Fleet's base at Baltiysk.
He was appointed commander of the Caspian Flotilla in 2015, returned to the Pacific Fleet as its chief of staff and deputy commander the following year, and in 2018 became Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
He took command of the Black Sea Fleet in May 2019.